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house speaker john boehner did speak by phone to president obama this week, and it was widely reported the two have agreed to negotiate directly with each other. but boehner said today, "there's no progress to report." >> four days ago, we offered a serious proposal based on testimony of president clinton's former chief of staff. since then there's been no counteroffer from the white house. instead, reports indicate that the president has adopted a deliberate strategy to slow-walk our economy right to the edge of the fiscal cliff. >> sreenivasan: the president has insisted there will be no deal unless republicans agree to raise tax rates on the top 2%. republicans say the tax hikes would only hurt job creation. but in arlington, virginia, vice president biden said today's jobs report shows the economy is turning a corner, so it's critical to get a deal. >> there is a sense... there is a sense that if we can reach an- - act like adults and reach an agreement here on the fiscal cliff, the upside is much higher even than the downside is if we don't. >> sreenivasan: biden said the presiden
house speaker john boehner did speak by phone to president obama this week, and it was widely reported the two have agreed to negotiate directly with each other. but boehner said today, "there's no progress to report." >> four days ago, we offered a serious proposal based on testimony of president clinton's former chief of staff. since then there's been no counteroffer from the white house. instead, reports indicate that the president has adopted a deliberate strategy to...
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, to a contrast, a choice, a referendum, actually, on barack obama. so he has got some work to do or the eventual republican nominee does, what about that christi. >> #01:. > oned the general, the november, what do we see in the florida numbers that inform what we may be looking at between the republican mom knee and the president? >> well, a couple of things. this is obviously a closed republican primary, so it doesn't necessarily tell us all that much about florida's .eneralte electorate. barack obama won florida by four points in00 2 ra8,the obama team in chicagoo at a lthiss s a very crucialthtlat beground stae and already doing a lot ofat organizing in the gi gingrich is trying to make the nti already he won the stmo conservative voters in thest panhane hodl tllse aren't ten necessarily the voters a that go arngoie gto with barack obam g novr, so this is where we see romney having a strong organization statewide, he did well among latino voters, as we pointed out earlier, that immigration was actually not a motivating factor in the races, so a lo
, to a contrast, a choice, a referendum, actually, on barack obama. so he has got some work to do or the eventual republican nominee does, what about that christi. >> #01:. > oned the general, the november, what do we see in the florida numbers that inform what we may be looking at between the republican mom knee and the president? >> well, a couple of things. this is obviously a closed republican primary, so it doesn't necessarily tell us all that much about florida's .eneralte...
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it's really bringing down barack obama's positives. re-election races are-- on the incumbent t hurts more on him. if you look at the "new york times" polls this week you see the presidential numbers coming down slightly to. me it's probably all overshadowed by the fact that the spanish bond, 10 year bond went up to 7%. the european crisis continues to be pretty bad. the economy is pretty bad. >> things we haven't really talked much about this week. >> it's always worth emphasizing that has a much bigger effect than what these two men do. >> i think they are bringing romney's negatives down. people are less likely to approve of romney but they're more likely to vote for him because of the overall economy. >> brown: what do you think, ej. >> the choice in november is 8 plus percent unemployment or something else, something else is likely to win. it is a choice between barack obama and mitt romney, barack obama has a decent chance of winning the race. and i think that combined with miscues on romney's part, the combination of miscues on r
it's really bringing down barack obama's positives. re-election races are-- on the incumbent t hurts more on him. if you look at the "new york times" polls this week you see the presidential numbers coming down slightly to. me it's probably all overshadowed by the fact that the spanish bond, 10 year bond went up to 7%. the european crisis continues to be pretty bad. the economy is pretty bad. >> things we haven't really talked much about this week. >> it's always worth...
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and so you have to say that there have been reasonably good weeks for obama trying to win the electoral college. >> when you talk about ads are you talking about obama. >> obama running the bain add o ads. >> which at the moment politically in those states seems to be trumping the poor economic news. >> woodruff: but this month of july report, mark, how much of a dent one way or another. >> well, it's better news than it was. any time you hear better than expect. 163,000 jobs or 100,000 are expected, not you what hope, not that is going to drive down the unemployment rate, 29 consecutive months of private sector growth in the economy. the loss again is in the public sector. we're still laying off teachers and firefighters and police officers and public workers. but you know, judy t gave the market a lift today. and that sense. but what we're looking at is not a turn around between now and election. and i am just wondering if maybe the electorate voters have already baked in these figures. i mean this is a race that is tied. we've had nothing, the best economic news we have had in the jo
and so you have to say that there have been reasonably good weeks for obama trying to win the electoral college. >> when you talk about ads are you talking about obama. >> obama running the bain add o ads. >> which at the moment politically in those states seems to be trumping the poor economic news. >> woodruff: but this month of july report, mark, how much of a dent one way or another. >> well, it's better news than it was. any time you hear better than expect....
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president obama's excellent record of reforming welfare. they went on and on pretending that our president weakened its work requirement. now everyone knows that that is a ridiculous charge even the republican author of welfare reform says romney is wrong. fact checkers have called this republican talking point blatantly false, a drastic distortion, wildly debunked and a mind-bonging act of untruth telling. now, in illinois we know president barack obama. (cheers and applause) we know president obama has always made sure has spearheaded welfare reform under in the land of lincoln and under president obama states can only get flexibility if they move 20% more people to work. let me repeat that for our republican friends. more people working! not less! ha (cheers and applause) then there's medicare. mitt romney and congressman ryan want to take away the promise that makes medicare medicare. they want to give seniors a voucher that cap what is medicare will cover and then tell our seniors they're on their own for what's left that would cost ou
president obama's excellent record of reforming welfare. they went on and on pretending that our president weakened its work requirement. now everyone knows that that is a ridiculous charge even the republican author of welfare reform says romney is wrong. fact checkers have called this republican talking point blatantly false, a drastic distortion, wildly debunked and a mind-bonging act of untruth telling. now, in illinois we know president barack obama. (cheers and applause) we know president...
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well, to me the most important thing globally barack obama did this week was give an interview to jeffrey goldberg "of the atlantic" and what was striking is it he said it's unacceptable in terms i think bolder than he's used before for iran to get a nuclear weapon. it will not happen. and he really sent the message to israel, we've got your back and we're not bluffing. part of that was to hold the israeli offs from doing anything rash. but part of it really was laying down red lines, as they say, and it was quite a bold-- quite a sophisticated interview. it's worth reading online. it's quite a bold statement the president saying it's not going to happen. >> and a meeting with benjamin netanyahu on monday. >> i agree. i thought the interview is well worth reading. the president i thought was sending a message to both sides that we're serious about this, both iran and israel. israel, don't act. and iran, you better be very careful. at the same time, we're looking at our third potential war in 11 years. and is it too much to ask that we have a public debate on this, that it not be conducted
well, to me the most important thing globally barack obama did this week was give an interview to jeffrey goldberg "of the atlantic" and what was striking is it he said it's unacceptable in terms i think bolder than he's used before for iran to get a nuclear weapon. it will not happen. and he really sent the message to israel, we've got your back and we're not bluffing. part of that was to hold the israeli offs from doing anything rash. but part of it really was laying down red lines,...
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officials said for another week. today, in a radio interview,ya republican vice presidential candidate paulyallcalled for president obama to say more in monday's final debate. >> they refuse to answer the basic questions about whatca happened. you know, and so his response has been whinconsistent, it's beensi misleading. and more than a month later we still have more questions than answered. and so hopefully on monday night they can, thatda will give the president a chance to explain himself >> sreenivasan: the president pointed out in this week's debate that, the day after the assault, he said: "no acts of terror will ever shake" u.s. resolve. republicans insist he was speaking only generally. in another development today, "the new york times"heeported that one of the alleged ringleaders of the attack hasd yet to be questioned, and is defiantly showing himself in public. the president did not address the subject of libya today, utut he did go after his republican opponent, mitt romney. campaigning in northern virgin
officials said for another week. today, in a radio interview,ya republican vice presidential candidate paulyallcalled for president obama to say more in monday's final debate. >> they refuse to answer the basic questions about whatca happened. you know, and so his response has been whinconsistent, it's beensi misleading. and more than a month later we still have more questions than answered. and so hopefully on monday night they can, thatda will give the president a chance to explain...
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>>woodruff: we'll show that next week as well as a romney ad. sweet talk david brooks and mark shield. thank you both. >> warner: and to china, where a high-stakes crime and politics story continues to unfold. the wife of an ousted communist party official has been charged with homicide. the news came in thursday's evening's news broadcast from state-run cctv. gu kailai, seen here with her charismatic then-popular politician husband bo xilai, is to be tried for the murder of british businessman neil heywood. authorities charge gu and a family aide killed heywood at this hotel in chongqing last november. >> ( translated ): according to xinhua, the state news agency's release, the investigation results show that gu kailai and her son had conflicts with british citizen neil heywood over economic interests. gu kailai poisoned neil heywood to death in the consideration that heywood posed a threat to her son's security. >> warner: at the time, bo was the populist party boss of chongqing, angling for a more powerful post in the party hierarchy; his wif
>>woodruff: we'll show that next week as well as a romney ad. sweet talk david brooks and mark shield. thank you both. >> warner: and to china, where a high-stakes crime and politics story continues to unfold. the wife of an ousted communist party official has been charged with homicide. the news came in thursday's evening's news broadcast from state-run cctv. gu kailai, seen here with her charismatic then-popular politician husband bo xilai, is to be tried for the murder of british...
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i -- last week democrats suffered from overconfidence. they thought president obama would go in and wipe the floor with mitt romney and obviously they were very, very wrong but this week by a 13-1 margin republicans think paul ryan will win. so the overconfidence factor now is on the republican side. >> pelley: so what does that mean joe biden needs to do tonight? >> i think they each have an assignment. i think paul ryan's assignment is to show that they can be bipartisan. one of the things that helped romney, he was portrayed as a white wing whacko that was never going to compromise and he said look, i can compromise. when you looked that the debate data it was that hit that propelled him and something the obama campaign was unprepared for. so one of the things paul ryan has to say, yes, i'm a confident guy, too. i'm flexible but i know how. so that would be him. for joe biden there are two things one is to fill the blank of what the obama administration wants to do the next four years and not only policies but an energy and passion to
i -- last week democrats suffered from overconfidence. they thought president obama would go in and wipe the floor with mitt romney and obviously they were very, very wrong but this week by a 13-1 margin republicans think paul ryan will win. so the overconfidence factor now is on the republican side. >> pelley: so what does that mean joe biden needs to do tonight? >> i think they each have an assignment. i think paul ryan's assignment is to show that they can be bipartisan. one of...
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"washington week" with gwen ifill can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. after that, ray hosts tonight's edition of "need to know." the topic-- this year's record- setting $6 billion of campaign spending. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org er
"washington week" with gwen ifill can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. after that, ray hosts tonight's edition of "need to know." the topic-- this year's record- setting $6 billion of campaign spending. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people...
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on president obama's healthcare law. their decision is not expected until late june. the vice-president told cbs in an interview that the administration's focus is on implementing the two-year-old law, not on the court's deliberations. >> no one's made any money betting an outcome of cases based on the oral arguments and the questions asked. we think the mandate and the law is constitutional, and we think the court will rule that way. i just think we should focus on what is the law doing for people now, and what would happen if, in fact, the republicans were able to repeal it. >> brown: former massachusetts governor mitt romney signed into law a bill similar to the one passed on the federal level. but he told an audience in wisconsin today that if the court does not strike down the affordable care act, he hopes to repeal it. >> if "obamacare" is allowed to stand, government will directly control almost half of the u.s. economy. government must have... it's got to be smaller. it has to have strict limits placed on its pow
on president obama's healthcare law. their decision is not expected until late june. the vice-president told cbs in an interview that the administration's focus is on implementing the two-year-old law, not on the court's deliberations. >> no one's made any money betting an outcome of cases based on the oral arguments and the questions asked. we think the mandate and the law is constitutional, and we think the court will rule that way. i just think we should focus on what is the law doing...
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you all remained undecided this time last week. did you hear anything from president obama last night that help you make up your mind? >> i didn't feel as though there was much substance that was given in his speech. i thought there was a lot of emotion and, you know, rallying the base. but not much in the way of policy that was fleshed out. >> i was disappointed that he didn't have more plans for the next four years, specific legislation, or other proposals. >> i was happy to see that president obama got some emotion going. it became lively. it engaged the people. it engaged me. i appreciated the way he talked to-- about that we have a responsibility, we, the people, that it's up to us, it's our voice, our vote. it. >> it didn't change my opinion. it didn't offer anything i didn't really know before. so i enjoyed it. and that was fun but-- but, you know, we knew he was charismatic. >> it was, but i remember back in 2008, and i was struck by how sober his presentation was,. >> warner: this time. >> this time. just so sober, and i w
you all remained undecided this time last week. did you hear anything from president obama last night that help you make up your mind? >> i didn't feel as though there was much substance that was given in his speech. i thought there was a lot of emotion and, you know, rallying the base. but not much in the way of policy that was fleshed out. >> i was disappointed that he didn't have more plans for the next four years, specific legislation, or other proposals. >> i was happy to...
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. >> holman: today's stop was part of the obama campaign's focus this week on trying to re-energize support among young voters. two new reports on the u.s. economy offered small signs of hope. the commerce department said growth in the second quarter was slightly better than initially thought. and, the federal reserve reported moderate expansion, in much of the country, during july and early august. but the news barely moved wall stre today. the dow jones industrial average gained just four points to close at 13,107. the nasdaq also rose four points to close at 3,081. there's been another so-called insider attack in afghanistan. a man in an afghan army uniform shot and killed three nato troops today. 34 such attacks have occurred this year, including at least a dozen in the past month. in all, 45 coalition members have been killed, most of them americans. the president of syria has been heard from again acknowledging that his military is struggling to beat back rebels. bashar al-assad rarely has appeared in public since four of his top security officials were assassinated in mid-july. he sp
. >> holman: today's stop was part of the obama campaign's focus this week on trying to re-energize support among young voters. two new reports on the u.s. economy offered small signs of hope. the commerce department said growth in the second quarter was slightly better than initially thought. and, the federal reserve reported moderate expansion, in much of the country, during july and early august. but the news barely moved wall stre today. the dow jones industrial average gained just...
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and advantage obama. now i should say i think the underlying tenor of the past week has been shifting toward romney. there's been a slight momentum shift towards the challenger over the last week. that puts a little more pressure on obama. nonetheless i do think this is his natural home turf. he's talked about foreign policy a lot more than mitt romney. it's his chance to really deliver a serious blow. for mitt romney, the idea i think for tonight is just to come out with a tie. just kind of look presidential. don't scare anybody. just, you know, he has much lower ambitions i think. >> ifill: what do you think about that, mark? is it more important for whoever wins this debate to come out with a detailed grasp of foreign policy or just look like a president? >> i think first of all, gwen, there's a competing theory on what president obama should do. one argument is that you take the question and you just turn it right back to domestic. for america to be strong in the world we have to have a strong, vibran
and advantage obama. now i should say i think the underlying tenor of the past week has been shifting toward romney. there's been a slight momentum shift towards the challenger over the last week. that puts a little more pressure on obama. nonetheless i do think this is his natural home turf. he's talked about foreign policy a lot more than mitt romney. it's his chance to really deliver a serious blow. for mitt romney, the idea i think for tonight is just to come out with a tie. just kind of...
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the following week, in charlotte, it is the democrats' turn, starting september 4. as he did four years ago, president obama will take the convention outside, and will accept the democratic party's re-nomination. the parties have been preparing for the conventions for quite some time, and so has the newshour. so what's in store for you, the viewer? this year, we are offering an all-access pass to the conventions, both on air and online. gwen ifill and judy woodruff will be co-anchoring the nehour regular badcast and convention specials, and they'll be joined by mark shields and david brooks for the civil analysis you know and trust. our coverage will be front and center on our home page all day every day, and this is a way of covering the conventions the newshour has never tried before- - live-streaming video across the internet. 24 hours a day, our live-stream will showcase the best of our political coverage, field reports from our teams on the ground, as well as content you'll only see online, including the political checklist with gwen, judy and christina. and i'
the following week, in charlotte, it is the democrats' turn, starting september 4. as he did four years ago, president obama will take the convention outside, and will accept the democratic party's re-nomination. the parties have been preparing for the conventions for quite some time, and so has the newshour. so what's in store for you, the viewer? this year, we are offering an all-access pass to the conventions, both on air and online. gwen ifill and judy woodruff will be co-anchoring the...